‘When I fell ill, he was strong for me’

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The couple wrote their own vows for their wedding and Lesley’s friend sang a song written especially for her

Morag Preston

Last updated at 12:01AM, July 5 2014

When Lesley met Chris at a black tie dinner in 2007, she wasn’t looking for a relationship. She was in business mode as then chief executive of Neurocare, a Sheffield-based charity which supports people with neurological conditions. Her 20-year marriage had recently ended.

Chris found Lesley “very attractive”, but, when she briefly left the table later in the evening, she returned to find that he had vanished. He was running a half-marathon two days later and needed his sleep. He emailed her the next day to apologise for not having said goodbye. She contacted him a few months later with